Sheet Metal Corner Relief

You can also specify the relief size and whether to apply auto mitering.

Sheet metal corner relief.

3d cad files are converted into machine code which controls a machine to precisely cut and form the sheets into the final part. Lists corners to which you can apply corner relief. Lets you select the sheet metal body to which the corner relief is applied. Type smreliefcreate in the command bar.

Sheet metal functionality within solidworks provides designers with powerful tools to create accurate formable models of their designs. When you apply a relief option to the selected corner the list shows the option applied. For example if you make a partial flange as above using all the defaults the software makes relief cuts at the end of the bends as shown to the right. 1 solidworks tutorial for b.

Override sheet metal style settings for corner shape and relief. In this article we are going to explore how the feature is applied to the part to create the appropriate relief. Under corners click collect all corners to list all corners in the sheet metal body. At the time we only explained how these reliefs worked.

Select an item see the note below. When you select a corner it is highlighted in the graphics area. Select a hard edge bend face flange face or 3d solid entire model. If you list multiple corners you can specify multiple corner relief treatments.

Enter relief size by bend radius ratio or force bend reliefs. Synchronous sheet metal is pretty cool even cooler than just normal synchronous modeling if you ll excuse that word. Choose create relief in the sheet metal menu. Do one of the following.

We will learn sheet metal basic features like base flange edge flange corner relief and extruded cut in solidworks sheet metal. The corner tab lets you override default parameters in the sheet metal styles dialog box. However a common point of confusion when using sheet metal functions is the difference between the auto relief and corner treatment tools. You can specify the corner relief shape for a 2 or 3 bend corner.

In december 2013 we showed the new types of corner reliefs that were added with solidworks 2014.